Legal Opinion
Simpson Ex Rel. Estate of Karim v. Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 10, 2008No. Civil Action 00-1722 RMUPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
RICARDO M. URBINA, District Judge.
Granting in Part and Denying in Part The Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss; Denying the Plaintiff’s Cross-Motion to Amend; and Granting the Plaintiff’s Motion to Substitute Party
I. INTRODUCTION
This matter comes again before the court on the defendant’s motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim. The plaintiff Sandra Jean Simpson, in her own capacity and as Personal Representative for the estate of her deceased husband Mostafa Karim, brings suit seeking compensatory damages for an act of hostage taking that the defendant, the Socialist…
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